MTLNOVEL Chapter 372: Andreas' Lie
The next morning, both of them slowly woke up. The first thing he did was ask Fino about the worry he had last night.
The baby dragon still couldn't speak properly, but it could clearly get its meaning across. Fortunately, it turned out that the main food of dragons at birth was the world's energy.
For a while, they only feed on the world's energy. After realizing this, he let out a sigh of relief, went toward the bath, and dragged Fino with him by force.
But it was obvious the baby dragon didn't like bathing. Still, there was no choice — cleanliness was very important and couldn't be ignored.
After both of them had bathed, Daniel got dressed. At that moment, Ilaris arrived and took Daniel with her to have breakfast.
Rynor was also following behind them.
In fact, there was a restaurant within the Lionheart family grounds. This restaurant was for the ordinary members of the family — those who weren't of the direct noble bloodline — as well as merchants who had come there, and even the subordinates of important figures in the family.
The two of them drew a lot of attention, but no one dared approach them. The news of what had happened to Lorak had spread well enough.
Ilaris let out a sigh of relief that she could finally eat breakfast in peace here. She had expected a bit of trouble, but had forgotten about the deterrence the boy sitting across from her created.
After eating breakfast, they waited outside the restaurant for Andreas. Apparently, there was something he wanted to tell them — more precisely, to Daniel.
It didn't take long, and after a few minutes, he arrived.
"Did you have a good night last night?" Andreas, after greeting the two of them, looked at Daniel with a smirk and asked.
"Depends. I had a special visit," Daniel replied with a mocking smile. The three of them started walking.
"Oh? Did someone bother you? Was it one of my siblings? That bastard Tormyn?" Andreas frowned. From his siblings, such a thing was to be expected.
Even so, he wasn't worried about Daniel. He was more concerned that Daniel might have done something to one of them last night — not that he would be upset, but because it could cause unnecessary trouble.
Daniel laughed and briefly explained the situation.
"So it was Olivia, huh? I see. That's fine. Even though she works for my sister, she's actually a good and honest girl. In fact, she's too innocent," Andreas laughed as well.
"From the meeting I had with her, I can say she's far too naive, and it was clear she was here against her will."
"Well, as I said, she works for my sister Selera. I don't know exactly how she managed to make that girl her subordinate, but I've heard some rumors that she made a deal with the Chromal family and borrowed their daughter for a while."
"I see." Daniel fell silent. Up to this point, he already knew part of the story — it wasn't hard to figure out.
But now that it was confirmed, some ideas came to mind.
"Do you think you can find out what kind of deal your sister made with the Chromal family?"
"Hmm, I could investigate. But why? Are you planning to make a better deal with them?" Andreas asked with a smirk.
But he didn't get an answer. That was enough for him to realize his friend really did have such a plan. He didn't complain, though. After all, having Olivia by his side would be a great help.
"Anyway, tell me more about your sister," Daniel changed the subject.
"Besides me, there are three others eligible as heirs: my brother Tormyn, my other brother Lioran, and finally my sister Selera," Andreas said and continued.
"Among all of us, Selera is the most different. She's the most interested in gathering subordinates, and she's actually very good at leading them. She always tries to make deals and pull others to her side.
If we're talking about her individual strength, she's definitely not the best — in fact, she's the weakest among the four of us. I just recently reached Rank B, but I can still defeat her, even though she's been at that rank for about a year now.
Still, we have to admit, among us, she's the best when it comes to leadership." Andreas explained.
"I see." Daniel nodded. Many thoughts appeared in his mind, but what caught his attention most was this boy's advancement to Rank B.
Didn't he say he hadn't challenged the second floor yet? And yet he had reached Rank B? Daniel frowned slightly and looked again at Andreas's strength level. Still, he could only sense Rank C.
"You've challenged the second floor of the tower?"
"Eh? Well—"
"You'd better not lie."
"Well, actually, I did challenge the second floor of the tower," Andreas sighed and admitted.
"Why did you hide it?" Daniel frowned. At first, he thought it was only hidden from him, but with a glance at Ilaris, it seemed she hadn't known either.
"It was necessary. I didn't want anyone to know the truth. I was trying to make myself look like the weakest among all the heirs, so that at the right moment I could use my real strength as a trump card.
The reason I didn't tell even you two was because of that representative my father sent with us. He was watching me closely the whole time and was basically spying on us."
"So you even planned to hide it from your father?" Daniel found that a little foolish. How could anyone hide something like this from a person with that level of power?
"Well, no… my father knows. It's impossible to hide anything from him. I only wanted to keep it hidden from that representative, because I felt he was intentionally spying on me. And he was also one of Lioran's mother's subordinates."
"So that's how it is." Daniel actually smiled. He hadn't expected this.
He wasn't upset at all — on the contrary, he even admired this boy a little. Unlike what he had thought, it seemed Andreas did have some brains.
"So that's why you disappeared for about three days back then?" Ilaris suddenly asked, as if she had just remembered something.
Andreas nodded.
"Then why reveal it now? Aren't you afraid someone here might be spying on us?"
"I don't care anymore. If they don't find out, good. If they do, it doesn't matter either — because I have an even better trump card now. You." Andreas laughed.
Daniel sighed and said nothing. He wanted to ask about Selera again, but Andreas suddenly stopped and stared ahead.
The other two also looked forward. A massive crowd had gathered in front of the entrance to a spiral-shaped building that looked somewhat like a Pagoda.
"This is why I wanted to see you today. So, what do you think? Do you want to participate?"